Tuesday in Broadcast History .. April 2nd
IT WAS APRIL 2nd .. when the newspaper-based docudrama ‘The Big Story’ began its 8-year run on NBC radio..
When two very successful & long-running daytime dramas ‘The Edge of Night’ and ‘As The World Turns’ premiered on the same day on CBS TV…
When CBS Radio began to produce News On the Hour 24/7…
When the sci-fi soap opera “Dark Shadows” concluded an almost 5 year run on ABC TV…
and when J.R. Ewing and the clan arrived at Southfork, as ‘Dallas’ debuted in prime time on CBS-TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
New Podcast ‘Humor In The C-Suite with Kate Davis
Every week, Kate will chat with the most prominent business leaders on how they use humor to create an extraordinary work culture, asking questions that lead to a more authentic self
PSR’s 6pm Monday Night News with the News You Should Know…
People Are Now Using Common Sense, April Showers, Storm Is On The Horizon – X22 Report
Pattison Media takes possession of their new radio station in Kelowna
Changes begin tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, April 2nd on 103.9 CKOV.
Adam Stirling: Bell Media’s Depressed CFAX 1070 Talk Radio Host Losing Listeners Fast (Comments)
Stirling stirs and promotes his on air hate for those who would in any way oppose the final narrative of Bonnie Henry and the official (and now very much contested) public health narrative.
Radio Mans fave with Troy Shondell
Gary Wayne Schelton[1] (May 14, 1939 – January 7, 2016), better known as Troy Shondell, was an American singer, who achieved fame in the early 1960s
April Fools Day in Broadcast History .. April 1st
On APRIL FIRST .. Victoria’s first radio station CFCL went on the air for the first time, broadcasting the Easter Sunday sunrise service from the top of Mt. Tolmie. The same day the predecessor to Vancouver’s CKWX went on the air in Nanaimo .. with a whopping 10 watts of power,
23 years later on April 1st, Port Alberni got its own 250 watter, CJAV AM 1240.
It was April 1st when Chet Huntley (pictured) began his career with NBC News..
and when ‘General Hospital’ began its record-setting run (57 years so far) as a key part of the ABC-TV daytime schedule.
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